e-Government in Jordan: Challenges and opportunities

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-103

  Kor, Ah Lian ^a   Orange, Graham ^a   Elsheikh, Yousef ^b   Cullen, Andrea ^b   Hobbs, Dave ^b  

^a University of Bradford ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Government departments; Jordan; Public administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963241     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810876176     Document Type: Article

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